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Luke 6:49 KJV
Luke · chapter 6 · verse 49 · King James Version
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.Luke 6:49 · King James Version
Luke 6:49 in context
47Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Key words (Strong's)
- foundationthemelioslaid down as a foundation, the foundation , metaph. the foundations, beginnings, first…G2310 →
- hearethakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- againstprosrēssōto break against, break by dashing againstG4366 →
- streampotamosa stream, a river, a torrent, floodsG4215 →
- doethpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
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